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The Suda, 10th Century Byzantine Encyclopedia

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    • November 6, 2023 at 8:28 AM
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    The Suda is a 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia compiled from medieval sources and older material. I added a comment on the Suda to the thread of new Epicurean timeline that Joshua created (KUDOS to him!!!), but I've moved the non-timeline portion of that comment to here. The entries below on Epicurus are doozies!!

    The second entry for Epicurus:

    https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2405

    WOW! Give THAT one a read!!! WOW!!

    This one's kind of a doozy, too:

    https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2406

    PS. One last Suda entry on the greetings of letters which I find interesting because the letters in Diogenes use χαιρειν:

    https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/166

    Headword: Χαίρειν

    Adler number: chi,166

    Translated headword: greetings

    Vetting Status: high

    Translation:

    Kleon headed [his letters] thus, but Plato [preferred] 'do/fare well', and Epicurus 'live well'.

    Greek Original: Χαίρειν: οὕτως ἐπέγραφε Κλέων, ὁ δὲ Πλάτων εὐ̂ πράττειν, ὁ δὲ ̓Επίκουρος εὐ̂ διάγειν.

    Note: From Diogenes Laertius 3.61. For discussion (and more cross-references) see epsilon 3664; cf. also chi 162, chi 164.

    Keywords: biography; daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy; politics; rhetoric

    Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 28 October 2003@13:19:53.

    Headword: Εὐ̂ πράττειν

    Adler number: epsilon,3664

    Translated headword: do well, fare well

    Translation: The heading of the Letters of Plato [is] thus. He wrote 13 Letters. They are of the moral kind. 'Live well': Epicurus headed [his Letters] thus; but Cleon headed [his with] 'greetings'.

    Greek Original: Εὐ̂ πράττειν: οὕτως ἡ ἐπιγραφὴ τω̂ν ἐπιστολω̂ν Πλάτωνος. ἔγραψε δὲ ἐπιστολὰς ιγ#. εἰσὶ δὲ του̂ ἠθικου̂ εἴδους. εὐ̂ διάγειν: οὕτως ̓Επίκουρος ἐπέγραφε: χαίρειν δὲ ἐπέγραφε Κλέων.

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    • November 6, 2023 at 8:50 AM
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    We're going to want to eventually move this to one of the "texts" forums where it will show up when people look for sources. Is there a more elaborate way to name the thread that will make it easier to find than the single word "Suda"?

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    • November 6, 2023 at 8:54 AM
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